2021 Best Romance Languages Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
9Colleges
799Bachelor's Degrees
$27,858Avg Cost*
Finding the Best Romance Languages Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best Romance Languages Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer a bachelor's in romance languages. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent romance languages programs, but they also offer a lot of support to non-traditional students.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the romance languages program at the school, affordability, and presence of non-traditional students. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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2021 Best Romance Languages Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Plains States Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying romance languages.
Best Romance Languages Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities has taken the #1 spot in this year's romance languages ranking for non-traditional students. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UMN Twin Cities has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Romance Languages in the Plains States Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UMN Twin Cities is lower than is typical, just 0.6% of students default in three years. Approximately 21,237 students take at least one class online at UMN Twin Cities. There are roughly 13,655 part time students in attendance at UMN Twin Cities.
The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Winona State University. Located in the town of Winona, Winona State is a public college with a medium-sized student population. Winona State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Romance Languages in the Plains States Region list.
The student loan default rate at Winona State is lower than is typical, just 1.1% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,776 students at Winona State that take at least one class online. About 1,337 of the students at Winona State are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Iowa as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Iowa is a very large public school located in the city of Iowa City. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Iowa, the school also landed the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Romance Languages in the Plains States Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Iowa is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. There are approximately 12,975 students at Iowa that take at least one class online. 5,055 students are part time.
University of Northern Iowa comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. UNI is a moderately-sized public school located in the small city of Cedar Falls. UNI not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #5 on our Best Colleges for Romance Languages in the Plains States Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.1%. There are approximately 4,212 students at UNI that take at least one class online. 1,478 of UNI students are attending part time.
The #5 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Iowa State University. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a fairly large student population. Iowa State also made our Best Colleges for Romance Languages in the Plains States Region list, coming in at #4.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. There are approximately 14,911 students at Iowa State that take at least one class online. 3,155 students are part time.
Minnesota State University - Mankato comes in at #6 in this year's ranking. Located in the small city of Mankato, Minnesota State Mankato is a public school with a large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. There are approximately 5,945 students at Minnesota State Mankato that take at least one class online. There are roughly 3,872 part time students in attendance at Minnesota State Mankato.
South Dakota State University earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.7%. Approximately 3,503 students take at least one class online at South Dakota State. There are roughly 3,375 part time students in attendance at South Dakota State.
The #8 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Nebraska - Lincoln. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lincoln. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UNL has also earned the #9 rank in our Best Colleges for Romance Languages in the Plains States Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at UNL is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 13,905 students at UNL that take at least one class online. 3,376 students are part time.
Saint Louis University comes in at #9 in this year's ranking. SLU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, SLU has also earned the #8 rank in our Best Colleges for Romance Languages in the Plains States Region ranking.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 2,186 students take at least one class online at SLU. About 2,720 of the students at SLU are attending part time.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 9 schools only.
References
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).